The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-14
aElic,ous AND EDUCATIONAL.

About si00. 600 worth of improve
ments will be made on school buildings
in Washington. d. c.
The Orphan Girls Industrial School
at Wheelock, Ind. T.. contains fifty-nine
bright Indian girls. Twenty Of them
are church members.
The Evangelical Lutheran General
Council has taken measures toward
adopting the American Board of Mis-
sions plan of raising funds for and car
rying on missionary work.-N. E.Wit-
1eSs.
India has thirty-six missionary so
cieties Of all Christian denominations.
There are 791 missionaries and $50 or
dained native ministers Converts.
49, 55. Again. since 1881. of 1873 mis-
sionaries and 32.sss native Christians.
President Ewell. of the College of
William and Mary, claims that the
earliest chair of law at any American
seat of learning was established at his
college in 1879. thirty-six years before
that of Harvard. Balein,ore american.
Mr.. George Williams. of London,
the originator Of the Y. NJ. C. A-socia-
tons of the world. suggests that each
of the three thousand should have con-
nected with it foreign missionary
society. to become 4 center of organ
lied systematic effort. having for its
motto, 1.-The World for Christ"
A Buddhist temple near Osaka,
Japan. has been opened several times
to the missionaries. with the priest him.
self in the audience. for Christian SER
vices. The son Of Shinto priest. in
the same society, applies for baptism.
There is a growing feeling among them
that Buddhism is doomed.
Rev. Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon.
who was not admitted to the Presbytery
of Philadelphia. has been called to the
pastorate Of the Independent Presby-
terrain Church of Savannah, Ga. This
is one of the largest aud strongest
churches in the South.-Ckicdgo Jour
nal
The ninois Wesleyan University.
at Bloomington. has department of
non-residents. matriculants in which
follow prescribed courses Of study. up
on which examinations are set. and re-
ceive proper degree on completion of
their work. The Department is model
ed after the operations Of the London
University. and like it. offers oppor-
tunity for doing systematic study to
professional and other people. who are
de5arred from residence at the seat of
y University.-Chicago Tribune.
The order abolishing salaried choirs
and prohibiting Protestants from sing
ing in choirs of all the Catholic
churches of this diocese. emanated en-
tirely from the Bishop. 1t is believed
that he was led to issue the order be-
cause Of the practice in some churches
of usin. opera airs. This. it is thought.
distracts the minds of the congrega-
ton from divine worship by recallin:
the scenes of the theater: The lack of
reverence on the part Of Protestant
singers during the service is also
thought to have had its influence
Detroit Tribune.
The advantage of small gifts from
large number of persons was aptly
illustrated not long since by two Swed-
ish churches that gave forty dollars to-
ward paving for house Of worship for
4 Swedish Missionary Church in Mime
sofa. The contributions were from
two thousand persons. Only six coins
in the collection boxes equaled twenty
five cents in value. and over one thou
sand five hundred pieces were pennies.
An American congregation. appealed
IN for the same object. gave one hun
bred and ten. but it all came from
eighteen persons. Who can doubt
which is the true principle for church
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